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Wax Rihanna's Christmas Makeover Leaves Fans Stumped

Rihanna's Wax Figure Gets Unrecognizable Christmas Makeover

Who's that chick?

Rachel Kiley

Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.

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Rachel Kiley

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December 16 2021 11:02 AM EST

May 26 2023 12:18 PM EST

Madame Tussauds in Berlin, Germany, gave their wax Rihanna figure a Christmas makeover that has fans across the world asking, “Who’s that chick?”

The “Disturbia” singer first had her likeness recreated in wax for the Berlin location back in 2011, when she had her highly recognizable short red hair style and everyone could look at the Wax Rihanna and say, you know, “hey, that’s Rihanna.”

\u201cRihanna's wax figure in Berlin is finished!\u201d
— RihannaDaily.com (@RihannaDaily.com) 1314610744

But a new look for Wax Rihanna is significantly less recognizable than previous iterations, swapping out her more notable hairstyle for something a little more generic, and throwing on a Christmas outfit for the holidays.

\u201cRihanna's wax figure at the Madame Tussauds Museum in Berlin, Germany, gets new look for Christmas. \ud83c\udf84\u201d
— Pop Crave (@Pop Crave) 1639601628

This isn’t the first time a Madame Tussads figure has turned out unrecognizable, but Rihanna fans were seriously not amused at the deconstruction of an icon.

\u201c@PopCrave THAT IS NOT RIHANNA!!!\u201d
— Pop Crave (@Pop Crave) 1639601628

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— Pop Crave (@Pop Crave) 1639601628

\u201c@hausoffolklorde @PopCrave Not even that. It\u2019s Lily Allen with a spray tan.\u201d
— Pop Crave (@Pop Crave) 1639601628

\u201c@yooinkss @PopCrave Shiiiiiit I forgot how dark she was for a while tripped me out\u201d
— Pop Crave (@Pop Crave) 1639601628

\u201c@e_lumumba @FentyHeadlines Rihanna Thompson from accounting\u201d
— Fenty Headlines (@Fenty Headlines) 1639579344

There’s a way to make things festive while still keeping it looking like actual Rihanna, as shown by this earlier dressing up of red-haired Wax Rihanna:

\u201cRIHANNA WAX FIGURE IN A CHRISTMAS OUTFIT AT "MADAME TUSSAUDS" IN BERLIN \ud83c\udf85\ud83c\udf84\ud83d\udc96 #chRIHstmas\u201d
— Rihanna Malaysia (@Rihanna Malaysia) 1450433936

Rihanna herself hasn’t weighed in on the new look, and we can only assume that’s because she’s definitely really busy working on that new album for us. You know, the one that we’re going to get just as soon as that wax figure actually becomes recognizable as Rihanna. Any day now.